St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-27
MOSTLY LEVEL HEADED.
Probable Collapse Of the Present Big
Strike in the East.
THIS is A COLD WINTER
And Sensible Men Generally Prefer Half
a Loaf to No Bread
Il ALI.
Snecial to the Glnhe

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Although there
was little or no work going Oh along the
river front to-day among the coal ham
dlers there were many of them to be
found during the latter part of the fore
noon floating along west street, or
gathered in small groups at the street
corners discussing the big coal strike.
The coal shovelers and handlers
as rule expressed their opinion
with the utmost freedom. and OCCASION
ally with an emphasis that showed they
were earnest and meant every word
they said. The first coal handler who
was met by the reporter was Mike Cal
lagher, who drives cart for the Steam
Heating company. ''GOod strike is it?"
He said, mot if know it. There is no
sympathy here with the Pennsylvania
strikers as far as l know, and aft
er our experience in striking
last winter you'll find very
few of Us along shore now who want
to take another turn at it. We got
enough of it then to last long time.
Besides, there is nobody who can order
us out, for the majority working along
shore now are nOn-uniOn men. Except
in tn case of the elevated roads and
one or two of the steamship lines and
in private concerns, The men are
nearly all scabS. / used to be
union man, but no more of it for me-"
Charles Farrelly, ShOveler who works
for the Old Dominion line, said: "The
coal strikers of the Reading road cannot
win unless they can get the workers in
New York and Baltimore to go in and
assist them. The strike can affect but
few men in this city, and l
don't think there is any chance in
bringing about q sympathetic
strike here, because nearly all the men
in the business now are ScabS. l think
the strikers are bound to lose" At the
coal dock of Z. w. YOumanS, where
only union men are employed, the re-
porter found James Ryan, young man
who said he belonged to the Coal ShOv-
elers' union. He said that all the union
men here were hertily in sympathy
with the Philadelphia strikers, and
biggest strikes that New York
has ever seen. 'There are twice as
many union cOal-handleri in this city,"
he declared. ''aS there are ScabS, and
the men are very determined. i have
heard it talked about in the union, and
some branches have already been told
to prepare to go out at any moment, and
are only waiting for orders, am
told. MIR. YOumanS, the boss, who has
about fifty men at work here, thinks
there is going to be strike in New
York, and has loaded down all his boats
in HObOken, so as to be ready for it. The
Organizati' II is not only going to call out
the coal ShOvelers and drivers, but the
freight handlers, all along the river
front. and shut down business ev-
dnfn
mined to strike blow against
the companies wherever they cam
1t was not possible to verify these
statements. for Ryan was the only man
found near the yard and other union
men whom the reporter knew would
not corroborate them. Andy McCOr-
mick, non-union man, who works in
Greenwich street, said: 81 take no in
terest in this strike in Philadelphia. L
had enough of it last year, and now |
am going to look out for my own inter-
ests.. AS far as a strike in New York is
concerned there may be one, but it will
be confined to union men,"
''Are there more union than non
union men," he asked.
Indeed there are not" was the re-
ply. Most of the steamship and rail-
road companies employ nOn-uniOn men,
and since last winter it does a man good
to belong to a union, so far as work s
concerned" John Mack, who said
he belonged to the Long
shore union but worked princi-
pally at coal ShOveling for the
Steamship company, was qite indignant
when asked if there was any prospect
of his striking in sympathy with the
Reading employees. ''Indeed, there'll
be no strike here this winter" he said,
land you can bet anything you want to
on it L don't go this winter
for these Pennsylvania people
and then get left in the end for
nothing, and don't you forget it. Why,
these raScals had the gall, after our go
ing on strike to help them, to come here
and take our places when the strike was
over. No. you can say that our union
will not go out, don't care who says it
will" Patsy Brown, another union
with the Philadelphia strikers.
They're no good, and, besides
that, they are a set of traitors.
After the way they served us last winter
when we stood out seven weeks for
them, and starved ourselves and our
families to help them along, and then
going back on us. l don't think it will
be very easy for them to get us into
such a hole again." John Connolly,
also union man, declared
employment at 81 day he
would not go on strike for any Phila-
delphia strikers, and said he thought
the strike would fail because the people
down in Pennsylvania had no OrganiZa-
ton. Denni Murphy, a coal HEAVIER
for the Guion line, told the reporter
that he intended to keep out of any
strike.
READING, Pa, Dec 26.-The Reading
employees in this city have decided not
to Join in the strike and sent commit
tee to Philadelphia this evening to en-
deavor to have the employees there
return to duty i'll the morn
ing. Philadelphia and Reading
officials here are of the opinion that
the action of its employees virtually
ganization. They say they will never
recognize them again. The employees
along the main line outside of the city
left their posts this morning, and mat
tiers are rather complicated tonight,
although it is claimed that an ample
force of men has been secured to
man all the trains that are likely to be
run out for the next few days. There
were few desertions of train hands re-
ported north of Reading to-day, but
their places were promptly filled by
non-union men. Several telegraph oper-
ators quit work at Palo Alto last night,
but other men were promptly sent
there and took charge of the offices.
There was very little doing to-day, and
it will take several days before definite
information can be obtained. The fact
that the Reading employees have refused
to strike does not affect the main line
employees, as they are mostly en-
plOyed in the shops and on the
cross lines which run out of this ty.
Many prominent knights regr, t the
stand taken by the men to-day. They
say it has virtually destroyed the organ
ization and that it will be impossible to
recover from the effects Of tO-day's de-
alterations. Others seem to think that
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